All or most of you reading this blog post here today probably spend 90+% of your time that you have devoted to blogging to doing it here at Active Rain.  That is not a bad thing so please don't get me wrong, but there is another way that I find more productive.

As everyone here knows when you comment on blog posts here at active rain the links do not get any credit with the search engines, it is called no following the links.  Active Rain does it according to them, to keep the amount of spam down.  That is ok, it is very difficult to control spam on a platform as large and diverse as this one.

I have found that a stand alone blog seems to get read a little more by the general public, and to generate more consumer contacts with questions, and relevant contact information, which is why we blog right?

Over the past 6 months I have been devoting much more time to the blogs that I own the platform for.  www.conventnews.org and www.nj-realestate-agent.com both of which allow do-follow links back to your websites once you have made 3 relevant comments on the blog.  I moderate the comments to make sure that the blogs do not get spammed of course.  So anyway if you want to build a few text links to your websites and are willing to make relevant comments stop by and build some links to your sites for the low low price of a few minutes of your time.

Thank you all,

Jim

James Boyer
New Jersey REALTOR
RE/MAX Properties Unlimited
Morristown New Jersey Real Estate

 

 

 
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JUL
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101,704 Points 5 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

Hi James,

I wasn't aware of this, nor do I fully understand it.

Thanks for sharing- BethAnn in Spokane

10:17am • #1
305,857 Points 27 Featured Posts Outside Blog Hit Router

James -

I agree with you, and thanks for the SEO advice!

I use Active Rain for exposure to the Real Estate Practitioner Community, and to share info and network with them.  Comments beget more comments, and involvement, and hopefully, constructive input to help a blogger solve his problems or issues.  Good enough as it stands - but we know, of course, it's the posts themselves that help SEO.

Our Team has had an outside blog for over a year now, and have enjoyed growing, but still lower than we'd like response.  Take a look at our Point 2 Blog - BlogChicagoHomes.com - and let us know if you have any suggestions.

Thanks again!

DEAN & DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO

10:17am • #2

Great info, James. That helps me decide where to put my autism blog.

10:18am • #3
254,789 Points 2 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

Good idea, I'll try that.

10:26am • #4
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Thanks for the comments everyone,

Dean & Dean, I agree that blog posts can help SEO but in addition posting relevant comments on blog post which are Do-follow will help your SEO effort as well as help to build community and the more you can encourage people to comment on your blog posts the more google will like them as well.  So as you can see encouraging others to comment and giving them a do-follow link back to their website is a win win situation.

 

Jim

2:05pm • #5

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